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Mother Ship
Mother Ship.jpg
Studio album by Larry Young
Released1980
RecordedFebruary 7, 1969
GenreJazz
Length41:17
LabelBlue Note
ProducerAlfred Lion
Larry Young chronology
Heaven on Earth
(1968)		Mother Ship
(1980)		Lawrence of Newark
(1973)

Mother Ship is an album by American organist Larry Young, recorded in 1969 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980.[1]

Reception[edit]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "This highly original set does not deserve to be so obscure."[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide3/5 stars[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings2.5/4 stars[4]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Larry Young
  1. "Mother Ship" - 7:38
  2. "Street Scene" - 6:56
  3. "Visions" - 6:44
  4. "Trip Merchant" - 12:53
  5. "Love Drops" - 7:06
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 7, 1969

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Blue Note Records discography accessed November 23, 2010
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 23, 2010
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 211. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1535. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)